Prescription pattern at a secondary health care facility in Ilorin, Nigeria
| Autor: | MO Ologe, TM Akande |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Drug
medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject Developing country Nigeria Drug Prescriptions Health facility Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Health care medicine Drugs Generic Humans Medical prescription Formulary Practice Patterns Physicians' Developing Countries media_common Polypharmacy business.industry General Medicine Cross-Sectional Studies Family medicine Health Care Surveys business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of African medicine. 6(4) |
| ISSN: | 1596-3519 |
| Popis: | Background/Objectives: Expenditures due to irrational use of drugs have been a strain on the meagre health budgets of several developing countries and inappropriate prescribing has been identified in many health facilities in developing countries. This study examines the prescription pattern in a secondary health facility. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used in this study. Three hundred and three randomly selected prescriptions issued to patients attending out-patients' clinics in the facility over a period of three months were examined. Data obtained was analyzed using EPI-INFO 2000 computer software. Results: Mean number of drugs per prescription in the health facility is 3.99 ± 1.55. At least 4 drugs were prescribed in 61.6% of the prescriptions. Generic prescribing was generally low. Out of a total of 1219 drugs prescribed 511 (41.9%) were prescribed in generic names. Analgesics, antimalarials, antibiotics and antihypertensives accounted for 19.7%, 10.2%, 13.0% and 4.9% of the drugs prescribed respectively. Only 124 (40.9%) of the prescriptions had all drugs prescribed available in the health facility. Conclusion: This study found practice of polypharmacy prevalent as found in other studies in developing countries among prescribers and prescription in generic names is low. Regular orientation and re-orientation of prescribers on rational drug prescription and prescription in generic names in conformity with national drug policies is necessary. |
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